God is back… and He’s trending
In the age of Trump and Vance, celebrity-led ‘Godcasts’ and prayer apps are pulling in millions, and liberal ‘New Atheism’ can’t match their energy – or offer of meaning
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One-in, one-out is not enough
Labour’s new asylum scheme is at least a start. But it leaves thousands in limbo and does little to silence Reform’s toxic mantras
God is back… and He’s trending
In the age of Trump and Vance, celebrity-led ‘Godcasts’ and prayer apps are pulling in millions, and liberal ‘New Atheism’ can’t match their energy – or offer of meaning
What cricket tells us about life
Americans may have Apple, Amazon and the lead in the AI race, but Donald Trump is killing their soft power
The unpardonable sins of Ghislaine Maxwell
The woman who aided, abetted and abused alongside Jeffrey Epstein should be in prison until 2037 – at least. But as Trump allies flirt with pardons and political revenge, could she go free?
Is Interrail now a fail?
From San Sebastian to Copenhagen, one train ticket allows travel in 33 countries, for all age groups. But don’t dare think that you can just hop on, hop off
If you only read one book this year, make it one of these
A selection of New World writers and editors choose the books they can’t stop recommending
Arts & Culture
If you only read one book this year, make it one of these
A selection of New World writers and editors choose the books they can’t stop recommending
Perfume and Butter: The literature of smell and taste
India and Pakistan, Asia’s dangerous neighbours
Helene Kröller-Müller, the heiress who bought the future
What makes Sexy Beast so good?
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What cricket tells us about life
Americans may have Apple, Amazon and the lead in the AI race, but Donald Trump is killing their soft power
There are no prizes for trophy hunting
Like bullfighting, this practice shows little respect for animals’ capacity to suffer and turns their deaths into a spectacle
Trump isn’t World King, he’s a narcissist
The president’s trip to Scotland proves there’s a real harm in not holding his actions to account
The Online Safety Bill is in danger of going too far
We’re on the road to surveillance hell but there’s still time to change direction
My date with Ghislaine Maxwell
If you had said to me then she might end up attached to a powerful man, able to build and exploit connections wherever he found them, I could well have seen how it may happen
Does everything come down to Luck?
There is a difference between riding your luck and being lucky, just ask Leah Williamson and the Lionesses
My diary from Brixton prison
The problem with Britain’s justice system is that incarceration is more than a punishment – it destroys lives
We’re missing the bigger picture behind Sycamore Gap
If its value was that it was greatly appreciated by so many people, do the individual trees being felled largely unseen in Brazilian rainforests count for less?
Yes, it’s a genocide
Fence sitting is no longer possible, or right. The manner and scale of Israel’s demolition of Gaza goes way beyond either legal proportion or respect for civilian life
Thoreau and the power of civil disobedience
The American philosopher championed ideas that inspired the likes of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr – as well as the protests of today
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The warm embrace that could freeze Europe
Inheritance tax: Rachel Reeves political cowardness
‘Farage’s fillies’ are insincere and ghastly. But they’re winning
There are no prizes for trophy hunting
Letter of the week: Benjamin Netanyahu’s demise is wishful thinking
Why Merz will pay the price for challenging Netanyahu
Do we dare rebuild the UK around defence?
What cricket tells us about life
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Alastair Campbell
What cricket tells us about life
Marie Le Conte
‘Farage’s fillies’ are insincere and ghastly. But they’re winning
Matthew d’Ancona
God is back… and He’s trending
Patience Wheatcroft
Labour have lost the moral high ground
Tanit Koch
Why Merz will pay the price for challenging Netanyahu
Paul Mason
Do we dare rebuild the UK around defence?
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The warm embrace that could freeze Europe
The birthplace of Trump’s vanities
Inheritance tax: Rachel Reeves political cowardness
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A lot at stake for the Sun with gambling tax
Podcasts
The Two Matts
From the archive: How to grow your moral ambition, with Rutger Bregman
The Two Matts
From the archive: Everything humans need to know about Artificial Intelligence – with Parmy Olson
The Two Matts
Q&A: Can sport ever be apolitical?
The Two Matts
With Sonia Sodha on the NHS trans case that will test the law
The Two Matts
Gary Lineker speaks out about Gaza, the BBC and the Daily Mail
The Two Matts
This week’s Two Matts Q&A: Are we finally getting bolder over Gaza?
Brexit
Will Jeremy Corbyn’s new party back Brexit or Rejoin?
The new movement is claiming 700,000 signups – and a fair proportion of those will have a very different view of the EU than its joint-leader
Britain hates Brexit. When will our leaders admit it?
A new poll shows the tide has turned. But Keir Starmer and others, paralysed by old fears, aren’t listening
Andrew Neil and the Brexit bus to nowhere
Neil’s latest Daily Mail column claims that Donald Trump obliterated Ursula von der Leyen’s career. Suddenly, we’re back in 2016 all over again…
The EU was right to let Trump start a trade war with himself
The president thinks tariffs make America stronger. The EU knows better – and walked away from a fight not worth having
We need 50 India trade deals to make up for Brexit
The Brexiteers’ dream trade deal is finally done – but government hype doesn’t match the facts
GB News, Brexit and two obscure think tanks
The hard right channel and the ecosystem which feeds it are behaving like the Japanese soldier who held out for nearly 29 years after the war ended
Ukraine
The warm embrace that could freeze Europe
Donald Trump has favoured Ukraine over Russia in recent weeks. But when he meets Putin in Alaska, all that could change
War in the quiet hours
Russia has intensified its aerial assault on Kyiv. One night may pass in relative calm, giving a fragile sense of normality. The next, destruction starts again
The drone and the death of compromise
The first unmanned flying weapon was launched over a century ago – the full implications of that flight are only now being understood
How to beat Putin
Europe could save Ukraine and defeat a dictator by shutting down Russia’s shadow fleet and scaling up its own defence production. But will wary voters accept rising tension as the price of peace?
‘Russia is the enemy, not queer people’
Under the shadow of war, the LGBTQ community and other minorities are fighting for equality in Ukraine
Europe’s history is repeating itself
In the age of drone warfare, people in Ukraine are living a higher-tech version of the terror that struck suburban London
The big picture
Françoise Demulder, the model who watched the world burn
Tall and glamorous, Demulder did not seem meant for war zones. And then she made them her life’s work
Eyes from the shadows of Pinochet’s Chile
When teacher Paz Errázuriz lost her job in Pinochet’s coup, she picked up a camera – and found a new way to resist
Great Lives
Aretha Franklin, the Lady of Mysterious Sorrows
Nancy Wake, the White Mouse the Gestapo couldn’t corner
Gore Vidal, the man who lived for verbal jousting
Mary Wells: The Queen of Motown who renounced her throne
Lee Miller: The photographer who washed the dirt of Dachau off in Hitler’s own tub
Dr Ruth Westheimer, the trained killer turned world’s most famous sex therapist
The world’s first geothermal record press
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